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Welcome to the Comms Collective podcast, where Vishnee Sauntoo explores the highs, lows and hard-won lessons of comms in the mission-led world.

Each episode features candid conversations with charity and public sector comms leaders — on everything from budget squeezes to breakthrough campaigns, comms in crisis to finding your voice as a leader.

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